Alice 💋 asked What is it about people in rural areas that…

They only think about themselves because they don't encounter other people or ideas.

LaDamaX · 3y

Its an insular lifestyle, their lives are about what they have. So its only fair they feel the need to protect that.

I grew up in the south around people like that, and I've come to believe that the poor/lower-educated/Southern/rural people get a worse rap than they deserve - I also suspect that liberal contempt for them is a contributing factor in their rush to the right. Yeah there are racists and various other vile material floating among them, but I would put New York and Boston up against Mississippi and Alabama for racism, up north they just smile in your face but make their daughters break up with you instead of flying flags around, at least I know where I stand with Mississippi man

Uneducated doesn't mean dumb, and it doesn't mean lacking common sense, but people everywhere are struggling and desperate and if a good enough con man comes along and says 'Obama is sending firing squads after your Grammy and I'm going to stop him and also get you a job', it's going to gain traction, however ridiculous it sounds to someone who's not desperate. By the way, this would work in reverse for Democrats if they actually made some promises to the poor and desperate instead of scolding them

Sean ⚡🤖 · 3y

I regard it like the tone a string makes when it is on an instrument. The pitch depends on the force of pull, the thickness of the string, the shape of the instrument and the type of material the string is made from. When u change the instrument and the material of the string it still tends to make the same sound and pitch if the length stays the same and the pulling force is adjusted. I think a rural life predetermines some conditions but not everything. Or, to say it another way: If you play shitty music or powerful Rock with said string is up to the player, not to the string.